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Artesia man faces 90 years for gun, drug charges

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02/06/2014 07:29:12 AM MST

LAS CRUCES >> An Artesia man faces up to 90 years in federal prison for firearms and methamphetamine trafficking charges.

Bryan O'Keef Kimble, 29, pleaded guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, two counts of meth trafficking, one count of carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime and one count of possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number in Las Cruces Federal Court on Wednesday.

Kimble was prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Steven Yarbrough and Bernard Zapor, a special agent for the Phoenix division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, as part of a federal anti-violence initiative.

Kimble was transferred from state custody to federal custody in March to face federal charges in a criminal complaint alleging that law enforcement seized firearms, meth and other drugs on two separate occasions in August and September of 2012.

Kimble had previously been convicted of possession of a controlled substance in Eddy County and being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute in U.S. District Court.

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